Over 40 Dealers Signed Up For Books in Boston @ Hilton Back Bay
More than 40 antiquarian book, ephemera and photo dealers from 10 states and Canada have signed on to the inaugural Books in Boston @ Hilton Back Bay, a new antiquarian book & ephemera fair to be held on October 28.
Organisers said they are pleased to welcome, among others, Aaron Benneian Historical Americana, Bauman Rare Books, gallerybfa, James Arsenault & Company, Wiggins Fine Books, Richard Mori Books, Fine Art Rare Books, William Hutchison, House of Mirth Photos, Lippincott Books, Colebrook Book Barn, Christopher’s Rare Books, The Country Bookshop, AIGLATSON, John Liberati Books, The Ridge Books, The Liberty Book Store, University Archives, Ten Pound Island Book Co., and Curt Wendler Rare Books.
Continuing a 25-year tradition, this year’s 'shadow show' Books in Boston @ Hilton Back Bay will open four hours prior to the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair that opens at noon and features 120 dealers from around the world and 5,000 visitors. Running 8am-4pm at the Boston Hilton Back Bay’s Belvidere Ballroom at 40 Dalton Street, it will be within easy walking distance of the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair to be held at the Hynes Convention Center, October 27-29.
The principals of MW Book Fairs are Duane A. Stevens of Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, SNEAB of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts and Richard Mori of Richard Mori Books of Nashua, New Hampshire. Duane was the co-developer of the Northampton Book and Book Arts Fair held for several years at Smith College and the Center for the Arts in Northampton, Massachusetts and along with Richard developed and promoted the recent antiquarian book and ephemera fair held at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In addition, Richard Mori has also promoted the Northern New England Bookfair in Concord, NH.
